Patents by Inventor Edward O. Cantu

Edward O. Cantu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-participant audio/video communication system with participant role indicator
    Patent number: 8723915
    Abstract: An audio/video communication system displays the status of participants in a video chat session. The system includes multiple video chat capable (VCC) information handling systems (IHSs) that display video images of the participants. In this manner, each user may see the user's own video image as well as the video images of other users in the video chat session. When a user speaks, that user's VCC IHS detects audio, thus designating a speaker participant. This user's VCC IHS includes a gaze direction detector that determines at which particular user video image the user gazes, thus determining a target participant. The VCC IHS sends speaker participant ID information and target participant ID information to other VCC IHSs in the video chat session. In response, the other VCC IHSs display an indicator that designates one user video image as the speaker participant and another user video image as the target participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luis A Garcia, Jose Luis Lopez, Jorge A Rasillo, Francisco J Alanis, Maria Garza, Edward O Cantu
  • MULTI-PARTICIPANT AUDIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PARTICIPANT ROLE INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20110267422
    Abstract: An audio/video communication system displays the status of participants in a video chat session. The system includes multiple video chat capable (VCC) information handling systems (IHSs) that display video images of the participants. In this manner, each user may see the user's own video image as well as the video images of other users in the video chat session. When a user speaks, that user's VCC IHS detects audio, thus designating a speaker participant. This user's VCC IHS includes a gaze direction detector that determines at which particular user video image the user gazes, thus determining a target participant. The VCC IHS sends speaker participant ID information and target participant ID information to other VCC IHSs in the video chat session. In response, the other VCC IHSs display an indicator that designates one user video image as the speaker participant and another user video image as the target participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luis A. Garcia, Jose Luis Lopez, Jorge A. Rasillo, Francisco J. Alanis, Maria Garza, Edward O. Cantu